that didn't happen at the original one.

They made babies in the sunshine.

They weren't surrounded by miles of concrete and tar, fresh water availability was much better, and the weather was more moderate.

We all know what happened at the 1969 Altamont concert. Healthy environment is key when there are large groups of people in one area.

Concrete, tar, heat, drugs...and a hefty helping of Hell's Angels.

The gravel pits created as a result of building the speedway were connected with the Lewisville creek system.
Up until the great flooding of 2016, those pits were a gem, filled with all sorts of vegetation and deep 40 feet of water. The large mouth bass fishing was better than Fork. Unfortunately, grass carp got into all of it secondary to the Trinity flooding and every inch of aquatic vegetation was wiped out in six months. The hydrilla, lily pads, and American pond weed never recovered, and the fishing has sucked there ever since. I'll check on it once a year, just as I do Purtis Creek in hopes of any signs of recovery and then leave disappointed. Those gravel pits had hydrilla growing out to 20 feet of water, just like Purtis used to. Then completely gone in six months, never to return.

No kidding? Sounds like a spot I missed out on.

I probably wasted a few days getting skunked at LLELA when I should have ridden up there to those canals.

It was very good from the time that boat dealership closed on Hebron 2007? to the 2015/2016 flooding.

The boat dealership used one of the water filled gravel pits so you could do a small test drive prior to purchase.

Watched the documentary and thought the conditions were horrible, especially lack of water and heat. Must not have been quite as bad as portrayed as according to google, only 3 died. Apparently many young women were assaulted and/or raped. Fun is ok, assault and rape are not.

I watched the doc too and don’t remember anything about it at the time. I had just graduated from high school and sounds like something i would have been interested in. Was at Rockfest and enjoyed it. My freshman year of college went to S Padre for MTV and they were handing out glass Snapple bottles. Didnt work out too well.

Got pulled over on my 4 wheeler at rockfest the 1st night. Cop said if he caught me with no lights and a beer in my hand again I was going to jail.
Went back to the campsite, taped a mag light and a beer holder to the handlebars, drove back out past the cop. He laughed as I drove on by